Here are some themes and ideas – some of which we have covered in class, some of which we will cover in class – to get you thinking about the challenge, problem, or crisis your group will decide to study (remember, your research topic proposal is due next class, 3/10). You are NOT limited to this list, it’s only meant to get you thinking.

Housing
Unaffordable housing (“shelter poverty”)
Homelessness
Vacant land and buildings (“warehousing”/speculation)
Public housing (NYCHA)
Subsidized housing (“inclusionary zoning”)
Displacement and gentrification
NYC’s shelter infrastructure

Climate Crisis
Hurricane Sandy
Rising sea levels
Disaster preparedness
Environmental racism

Income inequality
wage stagnation
precarious labor
privatization of public space

Policing
Police brutality/impunity
Mass incarceration
Stop and frisk
“Quality of life policing”